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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 hours ago

Pluto didn’t get smaller, science just got pickier.

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Pluto didn’t get smaller, science just got pickier.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 10 hours ago

Poor Pluto. One day you’re a planet, the next day you’re a “dwarf with potential.”

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That was an attempt to preserve the order of planets, but a failed one since there are other non-planets with moons. https://xkcd.com/3063

The modern definition doesn’t depend on moons. Which is good because not all planets have them.

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